BioCollect is an advanced, but simple-to-use data collection tool for biodiversity science. It was developed by the Atlas of Living Australia in collaboration with many organisations to assist users in collecting field data for their own projects as well as to enable new biodiversity data to be easily copied into the ALA where it can be available for others to use in research, policy and management. This allows individual projects to collectively contribute to “big science”.

BioCollect is designed for scientists, ecologists, citizen scientists and natural resource managers to collect and manage their biodiversity, ecological and natural resource management (NRM) data. It is hosted by the ALA and is free for public use.

BioCollect provides form-based structured data collection for:

1) Assessment and monitoring activities such as:
  • ad-hoc surveys; and
  • method-based systematic structured surveys
2) Activity-based projects such as:
  • revegetation;
  • rehabilitation; or
  • weed and pest management projects

BioCollect also allows upload of unstructured data in the form of data files, grey literature, images, sound bytes, and video links.

COLLECT your data – PROMOTE your project – COMMUNICATE with your participants – SHARE your data

Start your own project:

How can you use BioCollect?

Community Groups & Individuals

  • Set up a citizen science project for your community members and/or the general public to collect monitoring /assessment data.
  • Visit the ACSA Citizen Science Projects hub, find a project that interests you and help out by contributing data or doing some transcriptions – there are projects in your local area or all over the world.
  • Are you doing assessment or monitoring, but don’t plan on inviting the public to participate? Set up a research/ecoscience project.
  • Create a NRM project to plan and record the details of implementing your revegetation, rehabilitation and pest/weed management activities.

Natural Resource Management Organisations & NGOs

  • Create a NRM project to plan and record the details of implementing your revegetation, rehabilitation and pest/weed management activities.
  • Set up a citizen science project for your community members and/or the general public to collect monitoring /assessment data.
  • Are you doing assessment or monitoring, but don’t plan on inviting the public to participate? Set up a research/ecoscience project.
  • Enquire about having your own BioCollect Hub.

Researchers & Ecologists

  • Create a research/ecoscience project to capture your systematic method-based assessment or monitoring data.
  • Electronic data sheets for use in the field, including mobile app support.
  • Embargo your data until you are ready to release it.
  • Download your data for easy analysis.

University Under-graduates & Post-graduates

  • Create a research/ecoscience project to capture your systematic method-based assessment or monitoring data.
  • Electronic data sheets for use in the field, including mobile app support.
  • Embargo your data until you are ready to release it.
  • Download your data for easy analysis.

Seed Collections & Native Nurseries

  • Create a research/ecoscience project to record the details of seed source plants/populations.
  • Record information about accession into seedbanks and collections.
  • Record the details of batch treatments and methods.
  • Enquire about having your own BioCollect Hub.

Local Government

  • Get current, consistent and standardised data by assisting your local community partner groups to set up citizen science projects to collect monitoring /assessment data.
  • Are you doing assessment or monitoring, but don’t plan on inviting the public to participate? You can set up a research/ecoscience project.
  • Create a NRM project to record the details of your revegetation, rehabilitation and pest/weed management activities.
  • Enquire about having your own BioCollect Hub.

State Government

  • Access public data for analysis and input to policy and planning.
  • Enquire about having your own BioCollect Hub.
  • Enquire about using MERIT for managing your environmental investments through grants and contracts.
  • Monitor implementation compliance & reporting by grantees.